George Coe (May 10, 1929 - July 18, 2015) was an American stage, film and television actor and voice artist. He did voice-over work in video games, movies and TV shows. He was a cast member for the first season of Saturday Night Live and voiced the character of Woodhouse in Archer.

Coe was born George Julian Cohen in Jamaica, Queens, New York. His Broadway theater career began in 1957 and included turns as "M. Lindsey Woolsey" opposite Angela Lansbury in the original production of Mame; as "Owen O'Malley" in On The Twentieth Century, and creating the role of David in the original Broadway production of Company.

Coe was an original member of the "Not Ready For Prime Time Players", the original cast of Saturday Night Live, but he was only credited as a cast member for the first show, October 11, 1975. Coe was used in several other episodes of SNL, but was never again credited.

In 1979 he appeared as the head of Dustin Hoffman's character's advertising firm in the Academy Award-winning Kramer vs. Kramer. Coe was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1968 short film The Dove, a parody of Ingmar Bergman's films, which he also co-directed. Coe also played the role of Brigadier General Scott Watson in the 1986 movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. He guest-starred on a 1991 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also portrayed Ben Cheviot, the eventual head of Network 23, on the series Max Headroom. His various television appearances include Murder, She Wrote, Bones, My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn, Judging Amy, The King of Queens, Nip/Tuck, Grey's Anatomy, Columbo, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Gilmore Girls, The Golden Girls, Wilfred, and as Senator Howard Stackhouse in two episodes of The West Wing.

He voiced the character of Woodhouse, the much-put-upon valet in the FX animated series Archer. He voiced the Autobot Wheeljack in Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon.[1] Coe provided voice acting for the video games The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Guild Wars 2.

Coe died on July 18, 2015, at the age of 86, after a long illness, in Santa Monica, California.[2] The eighth season of Archer (the primary arc of which revolves mostly around the death of his character Woodhouse) was dedicated to him.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	De Düva: The Dove	Viktor	Short film
1975	The Stepford Wives	Claude Axhelm
1979	French Postcards	Mr. Weber
	Kramer vs. Kramer	Jim O'Connor
1980	The First Deadly Sin	Dr. Bernardi
1981	Bustin' Loose	Doctor Wilson T. Renfrew
	The Amateur	Rutledge
1982	The Entity	Dr. Weber
1984	The House of God	Dr. Leggo
	Micki + Maude	Governor Lanford
1985	Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins	Gen. Scott Watson
	Head Office	Senator Issel
1987	Blind Date	Harry Gruen
	Best Seller	Graham
1989	Cousins	Phil
1990	The End of Innocence	Dad
1992	The Mighty Ducks	Judge Weathers
1995	Gospa	Father Ferdo Vlasic
1997	Nick and Jane	Mr. Morgan
1999	The Omega Code	Sen Jack Thompson
2000	Big Eden	Sam Hart
	A Rumor of Angels	Dr. Sam Jenkins
	Diamond Men	Tip Rountree
2008	Corporate Affairs	George Parker
2009	Funny People	George's Dad
	Slice of Water	Ben	Short film
2010	Bathtub Picnic	Ben	Short film
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Que / Wheeljack	Voice
	Wrinkles	Miguel	Voice, English version
2013	Chez Upshaw	Reg. Nixon
2014	13 Sins	Game Voice	Voice, (final film role)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971-1972	Somerset	Leo Kurtz #1
1975-1976	The Doctors	Scott Conrad
1975	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Matthews	Television film
1975-1976	Saturday Night Live	Various
1980	Big Blonde	Ed	Television film
1981	Kent State	Mayor Leroy Satrom	Television film
	Broken Promise	George Mathews	Television film
	Red Flag: The Ultimate Game		Television film
1983	Listen to Your Heart	John	Television film
	Rage of Angels	Maguire	Television film
	Goodnight, Beantown	Dick Novak
	Sessions	Max	Television film
	Hill Street Blues	Benjamin Fisk
1984	He's Not Your Son	Doctor Sadler	Television film
1984-1985	American Playhouse	Brian Haas Old Man
1985	My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn	Irving Jerome	Television film
	Moonlighting	Lou LaSalle
1986	Family Ties	Justin Phillips
	Blood & Orchids	Dr. Lansing	Television film
	Simon & Simon	Nolan Scott
	The Paper Chase
	Dallas	Fritz Longley
	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Dr. Quidd
1986-1991	L.A. Law	Judge Wallace R. Vance
1987	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Mr. Shelby	Television film
1987-1988	Max Headroom	Ben Cheviot
1987-1990	thirtysomething	Ted Murdoch
1988	Why on Earth?	Henry	Television film
	Magnum P.I.	William Wainwright
	The Golden Girls	Al
	Shootdown	David	Television film
1989	Those She Left Behind	Bill Page	Television film
	My Name Is Bill W.	Frank Shaw from Rice & Co.	Television film
	The Hollywood Detective	Sid Curley	Television film
	The Tracey Ullman Show	Reverend Graylin
	Columbo: Murder: A Self Portrait	Dr. Hammer
	Matlock	Dr. Lucas Sinclair
1990	Amen	Col. Adams
	Father Dowling Mysteries	Mr. Vance
	Fine Things	Paul Berman	Television film
	Murphy Brown	Theodore
	To My Daughter	Frank Parsons	Television film
1990-1992	Murder, She Wrote	Andrew Thayer Martin Bergman
1991	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Chancellor Durken
	Equal Justice	Colin Baker
	Night Court	Peter Collingswood
1992	Crossroads	Hugh
	The Human Factor	Dr. Astor
	Camp Candy		Voice only
	Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story	Dr. Feldman	Television film
	Nurses	Rudy
1993	Law & Order	Lee Hastings
	Joe's Life	Grandpa
1995	The Cosby Mysteries	Agent Carter
	New York Undercover	Mr. Braddock
	Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling	Dan Broadbent	Television film
1997	Home Improvement	Parker
1998	Jenny	Thomas Kendall
	The Pretender	Dr. Nicholas Haring
	The Practice	Judge Walters
	The Nanny	Ernest
1998-1999	Working	Peter Baines
1999	Any Day Now	Mr. Noonan
	Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place	Mr. Belt
2000	Ladies Man	Herb
	Bull	Ed Krakauer
2001	The Lone Gunmen	Bertram Byers
	Becker	Mr. Spector
2001-2002	The West Wing	Sen. Howard Stackhouse
2002	Smallville	William Clark
	Crossing Jordan	Warren Lauer
2002-2007	Curb Your Enthusiasm	General Manager
2003	The Division	Joe Marks
	Judging Amy	Judge
2005	Gilmore Girls	Grandpa Huntzberger
	Numb3rs	Steven Logan
2006	Cold Case	Bill Simmons
2006-2007	Celebrity Deathmatch	Albert Einstein Bud Selig	Voice only
2007	Bones	Father William Donlan
	The King of Queens	Father Biskup
	Private Practice	Stan
	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Joshua Lee
2008	Supernatural	Pat
	Grey's Anatomy	Ed Bullard
2009	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Tee Watt Kaa	Voice only
2009-2015	Archer	Woodhouse	Voice only
2011-2013	Wilfred	Gene
2012	The Legend of Korra	Toza	Voice only
2013	Two and a Half Men	Victor

Video game voice roles

Year	Title	Role
2006	Reservoir Dogs	additional voices
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Tolfdir, Calcelmo, Calixto Corrium, Cedran, Cow Hand, Jouane Manette, Nepos the Nose, Nils, Raerek, Runil, Styrr, Nobleman, Crescius Caerellius, Palevius Lex, Tharstan
	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Doctor Godera, Grommik Kruthson, Keyo-So, Master Chamma, Master Wyellett, Senator Grell
2012	Guild Wars 2	Ghostly Norn Longship Captain, Yakov, Zenik Konsman
2013	Star Wars: Rise of the Hutt Cartel	Archivist Varus, Kai Teyun, Civilian Hostage, Hostage Engineer

[ Source: Wikipedia ]